 Hello everybody hooded Cobra Commander 788 here, and this is kind of a special video This is totally different from anything I've ever done before Susan had this idea so you can blame Susan But she thought I should show you guys an unedited review And I thought oh that sounds interesting But then I thought well that means I will have to show you all the mistakes that I make through The process of creating a review all the stuff. I normally cut out That I don't want you to see but Still sounded like an intriguing idea some of you might like the kind of behind-the-scenes View of how one of these reviews is created so I thought that would be fun But then I thought wow Sometimes it takes me a while to shoot these reviews It can take Sometimes several hours so that could potentially be a really long video that could be Something that not a lot of people want to watch but then I thought okay. Well Maybe it's not a lot of people want to watch that but Some people might some people might so I thought I'm gonna go ahead and do it so what I'm doing Is I've already hit record which is why you're watching me now But I'm not gonna stop the camera until this is done I'm gonna take you through the entire core review and then we are going to do the the open and the close So that's a little bit differently than I usually do it I usually I would do those on separate days Because they can be a bit time-consuming doing them all on the same day can be pretty exhausting But this what we're gonna do things a little differently this time because I want you to see the whole process and I want you to see it all the way through Well another thing I'm doing a little bit differently is Normally I will like to Use shorter video clips and then just take the best Take use the best take from each of those clips and put those together in the final edit this time It's gonna be one really long Video file and so I'll have to take that and cut it down to the final edit. I've never done that before And it sounds difficult, but we're gonna do it anyway. It's gonna work out fine So I'm hoping that Since I'm conscious of the fact that you are watching me do this I will make fewer mistakes And maybe it won't take as long to shoot this as it normally does And I picked an easy one to do this for the ask one the patrons choice Pole and it's a small vehicle. It's not a figure. So no file card to look at And so it'll be a little easier. I this could end up being kind of a short review actually I've tried to pull out as much Interesting information as I could out of the ass, but it's a it's a small vehicle There isn't necessarily a lot to say certainly not as much as I could say about You know the rolling thunder or whatever But we're gonna do our best another thing that is a little bit different from this video than a normal review is I don't have Complete notes for my open and close. So I'm gonna have to kind of wean it I have an idea of what I want to say, but normally I would have some notes written out Not usually necessarily a script, but I usually have some notes. So I don't forget what I'm gonna say I don't have that this time, but It's the ASP. It's a small vehicle. How much is there to say really so? Those sections segments ought to be fairly short Also, one thing that you won't see is I have an idea for a skit for the cold open And I'll have to do that later. So you won't be able to see that but other than that Yeah, let's let's look at this together literally together through the whole thing I'm nervous actually. This is More nervous than I thought I would be when I Agreed to this crazy plan. So let's do it. It's gonna be a little awkward You're gonna get all the camera movements and jostling around. I'm not cutting any of it out But I'll kind of talk you through it. So I I can explain Why I do things the way I do them. So let's do it and let's start by getting the right camera angle To review the ASP. So I'm going to step out of frame for a second. I Do have the camera in the configuration that I will need Except I'm gonna have to lower the camera quite a bit collapse The legs of it And that will be closer, but let's see that's gonna be that might be pretty good It might still be a little bit too high, but I will Adjust the camera adjust my chair which often hits the tripod Okay, now There's the ASP The subject of our review. So what camera angle am I gonna start with and not that one? I'm pretty sure I feel like let's see Kind of looks like a big blue blob So what I want to do I think Does it look better? With a higher angle. I did clean this thing before shooting but looking at it there are Areas where I'd still a bit dusty, but what are you gonna do? I got to get this thing done The show must go on. I want to get there see You can see both cannons here Mainly the underside, but if it turns too much and I do it too much of an angle You can't really see both can it looks like just one Cannon there, so I want to get a Good angle so you can really get an idea of what this thing looks like And and that's it now now that I've got my nice camera angle angle I'm going to ruin it because I do want to Pull back a little bit And show you okay. There's my tablet with my notes There's some other stuff over there that I will need for The review the stinger is back there. I'll be using that and the whirlwind is over there not as much Other not as many other toys for this video as I normally do But I just you know, there's only so much I can do with a behethel this size and See That's about Yeah, man. I wish I'd cleaned that a little better, but it's too late now. We got a we got our get rolling The we got to get this done So that is going to be right about there is going to be the angle at which I begin That's my phone. It just buzzed. I want to turn the the Vibrate off of my phone just turn the whole thing off the ringer is off. So it won't disturb us And there we go, that's the the angle I'm gonna open with I think that's a good angle You can see both cannons you see it from a high enough angle so that it doesn't look like just a blue blob You can see some details and that's a good enough start. So I'm gonna start by looking at the first part of my notes and It's mainly the date the name and Just the fact that it's an acronym and it's not one of the Not as bad as some of the other acronyms that geodgeo vehicles use and Okay, so let's go through the first clip It's my habit to hit the record button when I'm ready to start the clip, but we're doing it differently in this Video so I should just start talking need about a couple seconds lead in for the crossfade This is the Cobra ASP from 1984 Okay, hold on a second. Now do I want to call this a vehicle? It's more of a it's when I think of a vehicle I think of something that Self-propelled with something with an engine that moves. This isn't that it's a toad weapon. So Change of plans on the fly. I'm gonna call this a Weapon, I think that's more accurate. Okay tape to This is the Cobra ASP from 1984 this weapon was first available in 1984 and was also available in 1985 and was discontinued for 1986 ASP or ASP is an acronym for assault system pod This acronym isn't as bad as some of the other strained acronyms for geodgeo vehicles Though the ASP is more of a this defensive weapon than an assault weapon. That's what I'm trying to say All right, try it again This is the Cobra ASP from 1984 this weapon was first available in 1984 It was also available in 1985 and was discontinued for 1986 ASP or ASP is an acronym for assault system pod This acronym isn't as bad as some of the other strained acronym This is the Cobra ASP from 1984 this This is the Cobra ASP from 1984 this weapon was first available in 1984 and was also available in 1985 It was discontinued for the year 1986 six sis This is the Cobra ASP from 1984. It was I think I don't I don't like the way that that this weapon was first available I don't like the way that sounds. I'm just gonna go with it This is the Cobra ASP from 1984 it was first available in 1984 and also available in 1985 And it was discontinued for 1986 ASP or ASP is an acronym for assault system pod This acronym isn't as bad as some of the other strained acronyms for geodgeo vehicles Although the ASP is more of a defensive weapon than an assault weapon Okay, normally I would stop there and move on but we are not stopping okay The next part is what did my notes say? Oh crap. I've missed something. Yep. Hold on See already screwed something up. Okay. All right. I'm back. I got it. Am I changing the camera angle on for this? I think I am okay. I'm gonna change the camera angle because I forgot this Very important thing for this review. Okay All right, so I'm gonna have to pull back forgot to connect the Okay I'm gonna pull back. I need to raise it up Excuse me. I need to make some room to Slide in a new element It'll slide in like this Okay. All right Okay. Now the next section. Okay That's the almost hit the record button again, which would have stopped the recording. Okay There was a second version of the ASP in the vintage era the Python Patrol ASP was released in okay I don't like the way I said that let's try it again There was a second version of the ASP in the vintage era the Python Patrol ASP was released in 1989 for the 1989 version they just called the ASP and dropped the acronym Okay, almost made it. Okay knew this Also, I need to thank the guy who gave this to me Steve. So I will say thanks to Steve. Okay There was a second version of the ASP in the vintage era. Okay All right, here we go again There was a second version of the ASP in the vintage era the Python Patrol ASP was released in 1989 For the 1989 version they just called it the ASP and dropped the acronym Thanks to Steve for giving me this Python Patrol ASP. Oh, you know what? I don't like that camera angle crap. Okay No, it needs to yeah, that's more center. All right, do the whole thing again Now I got to remember what I said Look at my notes. Okay. All right There was a second version of the ASP in the vintage era the Python Patrol ASP was released in 1989 For the 1989 version they just called it an ASP and dropped the acronym Thanks to Steve for giving this Python Patrol ASP to me Okay. All right, that's good enough Kind of mumble a little bit, but that's okay Let's see Okay Okay, it looks like we're looking at 1983 Cobra vehicles The hiss The thing all the Viper glider that is not an easy thing for me to get see I needed to think ahead. I Needed to think ahead. All right. Hold on. Let me grab a rope. This is the stuff that I would normally cut out Got the thing. It's really dusty And the Viper glider is not accessible So I'll probably just drop in a picture of it, but I need to compose this Frame and it's got to be I've got more stuff in it So it's got to be higher and further back Is that high enough? Is that a good angle? Can't really see the Okay No, that's not good. Okay, so I gotta move this up Camera angles camera Important the visual medium Gotta be able to see What are you talking about? Okay. All right, that's obviously too high. We're gonna drop it down a bit. Okay. Let's see Okay, I have that the His tank out and I kind of wiped it down a little bit, but I forgot that I needed the fang too so It's a little dusty, but it is what it is. Okay. All right. Let me scroll down on my pad next part Okay 1984 was the third year of GM 1984 was the third year of the GI Joe toy line, but it was only the second year for Cobra vehicles There were no Cobra vehicles in 1982 when you first got the co okay 1984 was the third year for GM 1984 was the third year for the GI Joe toy line, but it was only the second year for Cobra vehicles There were no Cobra vehicles in 1982 when we got the first Cobra vehicles in 1983 They were still outnumbered by GI Joe vehicles We got the his tank and the fang helicopter and the Viper glider 1984 gave us a better balance of Joe versus Cobra vehicles Okay Get these out of here and for this I am talking about some other GI Joe toys But they are ones that I don't have to show so Okay, I got just the bipod again up here so I can Legs down So I'll need what I am thinking about now is I've got to leave enough Negative space in the frame so that I can drop in some pictures of what I'm talking about Since I don't have them to show I do not have the Cobra bunker from 1985 Okay Re-center that Okay, now I've had it at this angle for a while, and I think I want to reverse it for this For this shot Got to keep things moving keep it dynamic and we're looking at things that are basically stationary So to keep the video from Being too static. We got to keep things moving. Okay. All right Next, okay. I'm talking about the replacement for the ASP Did the ASP have a replacement between the discontinuance of okay? Did the ASP have a replacement between the discontinuance of the 1984 version and the release of the 1989 version? There was the Cobra bunker in 1985, but that didn't quite serve the same purpose as the ASP I don't think Cobra had a gun pod light the ASP after it was discontinued. Maybe they should have the ASP is quite useful Okay, next ah Oh Yeah, I gotta go get some GI Joe vehicles. I need the flak. I need the how I have the whirlwind All right be right back. Now. These are super dusty and once again I'm getting more More toys into the picture So I've got to change my camera angle that takes probably almost the most time of anything is just getting the right camera angle on these Let's see. What do we got here? Let me try to set these up in a pleasing aesthetically pleasing and balanced way Okay See I'm not so sure this was a good idea after all. There's no way. This is interesting. Nobody wants to know How the sausage is made? so If this ends up getting like no views I Will understand okay now we've got green. It's just a max of green I want the ASP in the shot but The focus really is on the GI Joe vehicles now Those are really dusty, but I'm gonna shoot them from a pretty far back angle. So Hopefully it won't matter Everything to be visible tablet is in the frame Move my lighting a little bit Okay, I don't want the whirlwind looking at us dead on Okay But if it does that then it kind of blends in with the how how am I gonna do this? How am I gonna do this? Let's see try moving the how okay? Here's what we need to do I think I normally like to have the toy that's being reviewed in every shot But this is too much. And so I think it needs to move. All right, that's close Center it a little better. You can see the edge of my Poster board. Let me grab my notes now See, I don't want the whirlwind like that Since we moved the ASP, can I get the whirlwind like this? So we have like Still not really great. I think that might do I don't love it. I don't love it, but that's about as good as we can get it right now. I think okay Referring again to my notes Which I'm gonna have to bring closer because I'm now a million miles away from them. Okay Okay Okay There are several contenders for a GI Joe counterpart to the ASP depending on whether you consider the asked to be an Anti-aircraft gun an anti-tank weapon or a howitzer you can imagine them as any kind of okay almost There are several contenders for a GI Joe counterpart to the ASP depending on whether you consider the asked to be an anti-aircraft Gun an anti-tank weapon a howitzer you could imagine any kind of round coming out of these twin cannons These twin cannons implies that I'm looking at it But it's not in the shot because I moved it. I have to rephrase that There are several contenders for a GI Joe counterpart to the asked depending on whether you consider the ASP an Anti-aircraft gun an anti-tank weapon a howitzer you could imagine any kind of round coming out of those twin cannons Okay in 1982 the flak and the howl were both big gun systems The howl was a little closer to the ASP since it was a toad weapon The 1983 whirlwind is very similar to the ASP in that it has two big guns and is a toad weapon The wheels on the whirlwind even fold up in a similar way to the ASP. Oh, I gotta get the mountain howitzer, okay? And that's a good opportunity to change the camera don't want that to be too static Just grabbing the gun part of the mountain howitzer not the entire entire Battlefield play set All right now we're focusing and I'm talking more about the mountain howitzer specifically So let's let's move in a little bit Okay, I Know that background is gonna be basically a big blob of green But It is going to just be in the background. We are talking about the mountain howitzer now just for a little bit So I don't have very much of my notes for it, but just a tiny bit basically just one sentence Okay Let's see Okay In 1984 G. I. Joe had the mountain howitzer, but it's less as it okay in 1984 G. I. Joe had the mountain howitzer, but it's a less substantial and less versatile weapon than the ASP Okay, that's gonna be really short clip and now I gotta grab what was next the 86 1986 The law I'm just reaching for anything I can think of here that might somewhat match up with the with the ASP This doesn't really, but it has some elements. So we're gonna talk about it next okay in 1986 G. I. Joe had the law the laser artillery In 1986 G. I. Joe had the law the laser artillery weapon But it was not mobile It sure wasn't okay, and then the last thing is so let me grab it. Okay. The next thing is the 1987 Slam with chess missiles that want to fall off And this was in one of the boxes that came from Lawson Allen and Did an unboxing video on that which you may not have seen yet. I'm not sure exactly when that will be published but Need to think Lawson for this All right, so we've got the law. I'm gonna make some space for it Back it out a little bit so we can see the whole thing We've got that blob of green in the back and that's a problem That is a kind of a beat-up old Outback figure, but he's just a placeholder so he can stay there Okay, oh no, I can see the edge of my poster board. Okay, let's shift things around a little bit Okay thing if I can Okay, and all this just for Few short and shoot a few short sentences about it. Okay In 1987 the slam had similar features to the ASP in that it was mobile and can serve as a stationery gun Implacement the slam is a bit of an oddity Okay What was I okay? Yeah, or I remember okay? In 1987 the slam had similar features to the ASP in that it was a mobile okay In 1987 the slam had similar features to the ASP in that it was mobile and can serve as a stationary gun Implacement the slam is a bit of an oddity though in that it has a hitch rather than a towing loop. Oh my gosh In the missiles come falling off. You know what? Okay, I need to move this thing Okay, I can't move it otherwise the missiles will fall off Okay, so I Need it Like that Okay, kind of except now it's not centered Okay. All right now What I need is that? Okay all right in 1987 the slam had similar features to the ASP in that it was mobile and can serve as a stationary gun Implacement the slam is a bit of an oddity though in that it has a hitch rather than a towing loop Implying it is self-propelled and could tow Could tow another weapon behind it. That is okay In 1987 the slam had similar features to the ASP in that it was mobile and can serve as a stationary gun Implacement the slam is a bit of an oddity though in that it has a hitch rather than a towing loop Implying it is self-propelled and could and could tow another In 1987 the slam had similar features to the ASP in that it was mobile and can serve as a stationary gun Implacement the slam is a bit of an oddity though in that it has a hitch rather than a towing loop Implying that it is self-propelled and could tow another weapon behind it Okay, now I gotta move this stuff Cuz I've got a little bit of a visual gag here Because this thing has a little hitch on the back like a universal GI Joe tow hook Like it's going to tow something Which seems odd because the slam itself seems like something that would be towed So let's collapse these legs Always give me trouble come on Why is that we're not going in there there good Interesting design this vehicle. I've got to be careful not to touch the missiles because they will just fall off Okay All right now The wheels up on the ASP put it in mobile mode Okay, doesn't really work does it see that's okay? Okay, but I want to show that it looks odd see he's supposed to fold these to tow it and The wheels don't even touch the ground. Okay. Yeah. Well, that's the effect I'm going for and what I want to point out That's odd about the slam Okay a little bit adjust Okay all right theoretically this Slam could tow the ass but in fact the slam is too low to the ground and the ASP's wheels don't even touch the ground Plus that just looks really weird not a great visual gag, but hey, it's something and there goes a missile Okay, just stay in there. All right. Ah, there go more missiles Okay, you know slam you're gonna get a review and I'm gonna talk about those missiles. Oh Okay, I Said I was gonna do it and then I didn't do it Let's see here. Oh You know what Okay, no, I did it wrong and I'm reviewing this thing and I've done this before hold on I'll see that works. You're supposed to fold those forward not back and I knew that And it doesn't still doesn't work very well But it sort of works. Okay. Well in my case, I need to re-record that bit re-center this and Instead my comment is not how much it doesn't work, but it how silly it looks because that is the point. I think The slam could tow the ASP that the slam could tow the ASP but that looks The slam could tow the ASP that The slam could tow the ASP that the The slam could tow the ASP, but that looks that but that just looks wrong The slam could tow the ASP, but that just looks wrong Let's assume you know the ASP just for a second. By the way, thank you Lawson Allen for sending this slam to me Okay All right, when is the next segment about? We haven't even got to the part where I'm gonna just kind of sit down and look at the parts and the features I got to take my little hoodie off. It's warm in here Okay All right now we are now we are at the part where we can talk about the parts and features of the ASP Okay, so let's set it back up in It's stationary emplacement mode there Let's get a camera angle again. It's gonna be very similar to setting up our first angle Because this is really a new segment You can almost use its own title All right This is the segment that we call the parts and the features Why do we call it that? because years ago when I was Making these videos and figuring out how to do it and taking notes on my little notepad I Would write a section called parts and features And it really was just for my purposes so that I could Keep track of what exactly we were Looking at and to organize my notes, but it just became something that Was a part of the video was intended to really just be a thing for my notes, but Parts and features it seemed like a logical video segment so I Just did it okay All right a little bit Get it kind of tight there Okay now before we actually talk about the parts and features I did want to talk about The just overall look of it Okay Before we delve too much into the features Let's take a note of the color the ASP is in the classic Cobra blue. This is the color okay Hang on. I just need something. I need something hold on come and see this video is gonna be like Two three hours, and it's gonna be a lot of me stepping away and getting things that I should have gotten beforehand but I Was a little bit rushed So My prep time Was shortened We're still gonna try to make it look good Okay Balance that Okay, pretty good. Okay. Where was I? Before we delve into the features Let's take a note of the color the ASP is in the classic Cobra blue This is the color of the original Cobra trooper and officer. It's the color most associated with Cobra I love this color. It's worthless as camouflage, but Okay, now I just got to remember to say that exactly the same way but not screw it up Before we delve into the features Let's take a note of the color the ASP is in the classic Cobra blue This is the color of the original Cobra trooper and officer It's the color most associated with Cobra. I love this color. It's worthless for camouflage But we've noted before that Cobra has adopted a strategy of intimidation They want to be seen and they want to instill fear by their approach Okay, okay, I need back it up. That's not a good angle at all. That's got some glare Got some glare from the lights. Let's adjust the lights a little bit Okay Okay now There are two good colors for Cobra vehicles blue and black I would be happy if they all came in those colors. Yeah There were some other Cobra vehicles that had acceptable colors But even those vehicles would have looked nicer in black or blue All right now really we're starting the parts of the features section so Let's find that angle again. You've had it facing this way for a while. Let's Lights back I need a different angle. It's just I'm just alternating angles too much. Let's do Yeah, straight on the side. How about that? That's different Let's snap down. Yep. There we go. Ah Cat fur the cats Are always in everything and leave their fur behind and Okay All right, let's look at the parts and the features of the ass That's ass by the way is hard to say without sounding like ass Let's take a look at the parts and the features of the ass but starting with the what okay Let's take a look at the parts and the features of the ass Starting with the cannons these twin cannons the blueprints call them dual synchronized 120 millimeter Eliminator cannons They elevate they actually elevate farther than 90 degrees and okay, hold on They elevate they actually elevate farther than 90 degrees and they can point downward In case you have the ha ha ha ha They can elevate more than 90 degrees and they can point downward in case you have the ass on a hillside And want to fire downhill That's the only use I can think of for that anyway, okay Now I want to talk about the kins for a second So it's gonna be a little bit of a static shot, but I want to get a good Focus on focus on the top angle and I want to get focused enough that it's clear that we are talking about the Canons, okay It's unclear exactly what these cannons are intended to shoot at 120 millimeter cannons have been used in a variety It's unclear exactly what these cannons are intended to shoot at a hundred It's on It's unclear exactly what these cannons are intended to shoot at 120 millimeter cannons have been used for a variety of purposes. It has been used for tanks Okay, it's unclear exactly what these cannons are intended to shoot at 120 millimeter cannon. Okay cannons not It's unclear exactly what these cannons are intended to shoot at 120 millimeter guns have been used for a variety of purposes and they've been used for tanks You could imagine the ASP protecting the terror drone from armored assault They've been used for anti aircraft guns The ASP kind of looks like an anti aircraft gun since the operator faces skyward I imagine the ASP being used in any role that it's needed anti aircraft anti armor or anti personnel It would have been able to switch ammunition types on the fly and That is what I think is the great innovation of the ASP because yeah, I think I think that's what makes it great It's versatile Okay. All right, we got to talk about these things Can I pull them off without breaking them? Yeah, okay It has what the blueprints call a shell fruit that shelf roof It has what the boom? It has what the blueprints call shell proof deflector shields. They are Removable and they're almost fall. They're the most frequently lost parts Those are hard words to say together. Okay. I need a better angle More of a down angle Okay, it has what the blueprints call shell proof diff It has what the blueprints call shell proof deflector shields. They okay It has what the blueprints call shell proof deflector shields They are removable and they are the most frequently lost parts Put this back on and just Talk about it a little bit Okay, elevate them so they're both in frame So you can't see that against the blue Okay, okay, let's do this All right, I don't think they add very much to the ASP. They don't really shield the operator Which they don't What are these shielding exactly this guy is totally exposed anyway Okay, what's the next section the next section is this It has a roll cage canopy. It swings open It has a very small control panel which we can see on the inside there. It has a couple of gauges Then like that. Let's try it again. It has a roll cage canopy, which okay Can't see it once it's open. There we go It has a roll cage canopy which opens All right, it has a very small instrument panel with a couple of gauges there This thing is okay. No, it's fun. I was thinking the roll cage is a little warped, but it's not it's just really easy to Bend because the plastic is so so thin Okay, well, I need to make a comment about that. Okay Well, all right, but I haven't seen a whole ton of Broken roll cages so that I will make that point to all right These plastic bars are thin and could break or warp But I don't see a lot of asps with broken canopies They flex enough that breaking shouldn't be a big deal with normal play Oh the cockpit It's a little dusty, but you know what it's a lot cleaner than it was so That's just fine. All right. Let's see We have the cockpit with a sculpted seat that looks pretty good a bit of a texture pattern there on the floor There is no obvious control panel or trigger grip So I'm not really sure how the operator uses. Okay. No We have the cockpit. It has a sculpted seat a bit of a texture pattern there on the floor There is no obvious control panel or trigger grip. So I'm not exactly sure how the gunner fires this weapon Yeah, you'd expect like a joystick or something, but I need a figure This is not the figure I usually put in it But it's a Cobra Trooper and I usually do put a Cobra Trooper in it. This is the one I have handy. So There Blue is it's close. It's not exactly the same blue, but it's pretty darn close Okay, let's see the legs All right, that's how he's gonna go in. Okay Somebody's decided to rev their motorcycle while I'm trying to shoot. Hang on a second. I Just got a notice from eBay that There's an auction ending in 14 minutes. Is it anything I need? Let me see. No, I already missed it. All right We'll screw it then. I Hope it wasn't a toy that I really needed. Oh, well eBay is too expensive anyway All right Okay, okay, this is the tilt. All right. It's gotta it has to be at the right angle to tilt Okay, so I need to have it Although you can place a figure in the reclining position the box for the ass Suggest there's another way the gunner is supposed to board the pod tilts up So the gunner can board in the standing position Always stand up in there Not really this only works when the pod is in the forward positions This only works if the pod is in the forward position if you rotate it a little bit then it runs into the legs But if it's in the forward position, it does tilt up you can place a figure in standing up Now he doesn't stay in there that way. You have to close the roll cage around him. Oh Man Okay, okay, let's try it. Okay It only works with the pod in the forward position. It can tilt up if you have it rotated It will run into the legs But in the forward position it can tilt up You can place the pilot in or the gunner in the standing position He doesn't stay that way. He'll just fall out So you have to place him in and then close the roll cage around him around him and man I still didn't get that right because his feet are hitting. All right. Hold on I have a guy in here usually And I usually don't have that much trouble getting him in so what am I doing wrong this time? I know that his feet have to kind of Man I had a figure in this And it fit just fine. So oh, you know what the figure I had and I left the canopy open That's the difference All right, so See the problem is his feet His feet don't fit I can push his feet in And it can close sort of Oh, wow. Okay All right. I got to make a comment about that All right. All right. Where was I? You can tilt the pod up But it only works in the forward position if you rotate it then it will run into the legs But in the forward position you can rotate or you can flip the pod up You can place the figure in and you can close the canopy, but I have noticed that Putting the figure in is not very easy. Um, his the canopy tends to run into his feet So you have to kind of push him up And have his feet poking Through the canopy and also his head is kind of poking out too So placement of the figure in the ass is not quite perfect Okay, that is weird. I just remembered just now That yeah, I have a cobra trooper In this thing most of the time But he I just leave that open because I want to see the figure better Um And I don't usually close the canopy with the figure in well There you go. Um, okay next, um Okay, now I did have a comment that I was going to make about this Forward tilting feature Let's put the figure in Because I just had the figure in and it'll look kind of odd if the figure just disappears in the very next shot Uh I don't like this This is downgrading the asp In my opinion Okay, all right Okay, now I wanted to make a comment about the tilt Yeah There Wow, okay This was a bad idea This video was a bad idea. Nobody wants to see this. This is not fun or interesting Okay As a kid I was a little confused by this feature the gunner reclines and faces up when the pod is lowered Which is fine for anti aircraft, but the As a kid I was a little confused by this feature the gun As a kid I was a little confused by this feature the gunner reclines and faces up when the pod is lowered Which is fine for anti aircraft But if the asp is firing at a target on the ground Raising the pod lets the gunner see what he's shooting at Of course, you wouldn't really want to do that because it makes the asp a bigger target Okay, let's get this guy out there. That's just I don't remember I didn't have this I did have this as a kid and I don't remember the guy being that Much of a pain to put in and there's no other way for him to fit in All right, because the that's how he fits to kind of mold the figure to the shape of the seat Uh, but that if you do that then his head hits there. So what if he tilts his head up a little bit? Then his feet hit no Nope. Nope. Nope. There's no better way to do it. All right, okay All right, let's talk about the pod Now let's talk about the pod itself. It has sort of a snake head shape. You could imagine the okay There we go Sort of yeah, no Now let's look at the pod itself. It has sort of a snake head shape You could imagine the cannons as fangs It has a snake logo on the sides, which reminds me of the sticker on the 1984 cobra okay I need to pull it The water moccasin at least this one's a little more in reach okay Okay, several things to think about this I've got to start out at this angle I've got to go to this angle Then I need to show the water moccasin and I need to show The snake logo on the water moccasin and then try to get this in the same shot. Oh, that's not hard. Okay, here we go Water moccasin is out of the shot for now. Good. Okay A little bit of glare Okay Now let's look at the pod itself. It has sort of a snake head shape You can imagine the cannons as fangs. It has a snake logo on the sides And that snake logo reminds me of the sticker on the 1984 cobra water moccasin. They both have pretty cool snake logos Okay, I hope I got that right Okay all right move that preparation kids preparation Is the thing I didn't do nearly enough of for this video All right. All right. Now we got to talk about the construction and engineering of the pod a little bit when you lower this Closer Let's see. What am I saying about it? It's on a base um It fits on a base it hinges up on the base I want to look at the details on the underside breaker access synchronizers Okay, all right got it The pod fits on a base and it hinges up on that base There are details on the underside of the pod including breaker access here I think kids. Okay The pod fits on a base and it hinges on that base And under the pod there are some additional details including breaker access and I like this kids can pretend to pretend The pod sits on a base and it hinges on that base And there are some additional technical details on the underside of the pod including breaker access I like this kids can pretend to repair the damaged asp as for that after it has been hit by hit from hit by We've a The pod fits on a base and it hinges on that base. There's some additional technical technical The pod The pod fits on a base and it hinges on that. Okay, like I said got a face forward The pod fits on a base and it hinges on that base under the pod. There is some additional technical detail Including breaker access. I think this is good Kids can pretend that they are repairing the damaged asp after it has been hit by gi joe Not the most elegant way to say it, but I'm allowed to do okay The removable engine cover which as I recall pulls out that That's dusty. Oh well Okay, let's pop it off just for our practice front. Yeah, just like that. Okay good Yeah, okay It has a removable engine cover based on the blueprints and details the asp. Okay Getting ahead of myself. Okay didn't mention this Here in the back. We have a cobra logo and we have a removable engine cover With some engine detail there based on the blueprints and details on the asp The asp appears to be gas powered It's got a fluid pump sticker there. Okay It's got a fluid pump sticker there on the engine that's normally covered up by the engine cover But still that's a nice attention to detail there Next. Um, all right. Oh, yeah, I wanted to comment about getting some shadow from the lights Okay Okay So far all the features we've looked at could be on a stationary weapon The bottom half of this toy is what makes it mobile And I know it sounds like I'm stating the obvious there, but after looking all the all those little bits I felt like we needed a break Little breather, uh, just with that clip and then now we're going to look at some details again Okay, oh man Oh, I messed up part. Okay. All right. This is why editing this is gonna is gonna suck. Okay. I've got to mention that This base rotates 360 degrees. That's kind of important. Don't you think? All right. Well, let's change the angle so you can see it rotate This is something that is in my notes, obviously But I got ahead of myself and skipped it. So I'll have to cut that in Wherever it's supposed to go. Okay This base rotates 300. Okay This base rotates 360 degrees Can't see it because my hands in the way. Okay This base rotates 360 degrees All right now back to world. Okay the chassis We have this, uh, okay The base for the pod is The base for the pod is The base for the pod is connected to this chassis and this is more complex than it looks I was going to say more than that, but I want to take a break there because there's a lot to say here front stabilizer pads um In the front we have what the boom In the front we have what the blueprints call front stabilizer pads. These are these little feet And they are down in the stationary position And they swing up and lock into place for the mobile position You could that was uh got out of frame In the front we have what the blueprints call front stabilizer pads. These are In the front we have what the blueprints call front stabilizer pads. Uh the In the front we have what the blueprints call front. Okay In the front we have what the blueprints call stabilizer pads So these little feet here and they lock down in the stationary position and they lock up for the mobile mode Uh, okay. All right now wheels It has two wheels one. Okay, hold on It has two wheels one on each side and they fold down for the stationary mode Uh, and then they can pop up and lock into place For the mobile mode Yeah, my voice is giving out already. Uh, oh the whirlwind. Where is the whirlwind? There it is All right. All right. How am I going to get both of these in frame? When these wheels are swung out When these wheels are swung out in mobile When these wheels are swung out in mobile mode, they do spin freely When these wheels are When these wheels are locked out in mobile mode, they do roll freely these are in fact the These are in fact the same wheels as the 1983 whirlwind The whirlwind wheels were dark gray and the asp wheels are black I hope that's visible. Okay The locking mechanism for the asp is slightly different than the whirlwind Uh, the whirlwind wheels did lock out in the mobile mode But in its stationary emplacement mode, they do not lock down They just kind of hang like that and of course you place the uh, the weapon on the wheels for its emplacement mode Not too elegant okay, the asp The asp wheels lock in both the The asp wheels lock The asp wheels lock in both the mobile position and the stationary position They actually lock down under the vehicle I called it a vehicle. Oh, no Somebody's gonna make a comment Because I said I didn't think it was a vehicle Um, okay Now this part To complete the transformation from stationary to mobile mode These two feet here in the back which are connected by a bar swing up and now the asp is ready to be towed Ha la la la la Um, okay Uh, what am I gonna? Oh, yeah, okay Well, oh, okay Connected to the chassis in the back. Uh, is this key? Connected to the chassis in the back is this keyhole shaped tow loop and once it is in mobile mode It can be towed by a vehicle That's slightly redundant, but I do have a point. Okay Whirlwind out of the way By 1984 The only two vehicles that could tow the asp for cobra anyway Now I got to somehow get that all in frame. Okay cobra officer out the way Okay now Wow, that does not look good at all and that is okay. Yeah, I got to raise it up and back it up Um, so I need to pop these legs out All right, this is going to be the worst video I've ever made Uh, the review is going to be a tough one, even though it's a small vehicle Uh, just because I didn't have the prep time that I normally would have And this is going to be a very long video. How long does it run so far an hour and 14 minutes old crap I may change plans. Maybe I shouldn't do the maybe I should just do the core review I think that might be a better idea all right, okay Grab my notes because now I'm far away from them And I can't read them from way back there. Okay. Can I put it there without it being in frame? Yeah, okay, my notes are down there now right right there just out of frame. Okay Which vehicle could Which vehicle should tow the asp in 1984 there were only two options Cobra had the hiss and the stinger for land vehicles The asp looks small when pulled by the hit. Okay. I don't want to actually put it on it Okay, I should have a break there. Okay No, no, I got it. I got it Which vehicle should tow the asp in 1984 there were only two options Cobra had the hiss and the stinger for land vehicles The asp looks a little small when towed by the hiss tank. I like to have it towed by the stinger Which I missed the hook. Okay Set it up again. All right See if we can do this Without looking too awkward Okay, which vehicles should tow the asp in 1984 there were only two options Cobra had the hiss and the stinger for land vehicles The asp looks a little small when towed by the hiss tank I like to have it towed by the stinger if I can swing the stinger around and connect it there I like that. I think the sizes match up better I do like the blue with the black nice color contrast It's going to be a little bit of a hard break there, but um, I can't remember what else I was going to say about it Oh, yeah, okay So the stinger has missiles rather than guns so it can use an the stinger The stinger has missiles rather than guns so it can use some additional firepower Even though this video is over an hour long now Believe it or not We're getting close to The wrap-up of this part of it cool Oh, yeah, okay. Now there was something a point I was going to make about Who should gun the Asp And I've got to borrow my Ah stinger driver Okay, put it back in stationary mode for this section Move some things around Move some things out of the way Put this guy back in I hope this video is okay You know, this is what happens to me every week I get into this thing and I start thinking this video is not going to be very good It's going to be the worst one I've ever done People are going to unsubscribe um It's actually really kind of hard to do small vehicles There is less to say about them most of the time When you got something like the Uh, the silver mirage, it's a little easier because at least it's a it's a motorcycle. You know, it does something this Most of the time is going to be stationary And when it does move it's only in conjunction with another vehicle Which is something I think I need to say about it. Okay All right Who should operate the asp? I typically use a cobra trooper That's not ideal since the color on the figure closely matches the vehicle He kind of blends in an alternative would be a spare stinger driver The asp doesn't need an officer to operate it. Okay, that doesn't Looks like he's asleep in there There like that. Okay. Good. Okay Who should operate the asp? I typically use a cobra trooper That's not ideal since the color on the figure closely matches the vehicle He kind of blends in an alternative would be a spare stinger driver The asp doesn't need an officer to operate it, but from an aesthetic aesthetic aesthetic point of view Okay, who should operate the asp? I typically use a cobra trooper That's not ideal since the color on the figure closely matches the vehicle He kind of blends in an alternative and I'll turn it. Okay Who should operate the asp? Who should operate the asp? I typically use a cobra trooper. That's not I okay hit the light Who should operate the asp? I typically use a cobra trooper That's not ideal since the color on the figure closely matches the vehicle He kind of blends in an alternative would be a spare stinger driver The asp does not need an officer to operate it, but but from an aesthetic point of view The lighter color of the figure Okay, the problem is I'm trying to say words and move things at the same time And that is not as easy as it sounds. Okay Who should operate the asp? I typically use a cobra trooper That's not ideal since the color on the figure closely matches the vehicle. He kind of blends in Alternative would be a spare stinger driver The asp does not need an officer to operate it But from an aesthetic point of view the lighter color of the figure really pops against the dark blue I don't care if that's perfect. We're going with it. Okay All right now is the section where we talk about the media the cartoon and the comic book and for that I typically have kind of a hero pose for the item being reviewed and leave some space to drop in some images of the comic book and the cartoon Work that angle out. You know what I want to use that stinger driver There I'm going to have them like uh, let's see Like he's just it's just opening the canopy there This is actually the best stinger driver I have and this figure is far from perfect All right, um Better angle Of course is that if I move the cannons up this blocks the guy But that might be all right Something like that. All right. See this side all the cartoon images and comic book panels are going to go over here Rather than having to crop that in post-production Why not just frame The shot that way so I can just Drop it in Okay, what are we seeing? First, uh, I'm going to do the cartoon first Oh, yeah, okay. We get to talk about the python patrol ass again Uh, this is a little more scripted out than a lot of the other parts of my notes um Okay, taking a look at how the ass was used in gi joe media in the cartoon series it appeared, okay Uh, let's see that different Taking a look at how the ass is Taking a look at how the ass was used in gi joe media the ass's animated appearances were minimal It appeared in the sunbow series a few times, but never never more Taking a look at how the ass was used in gi joe media the ass's animated appearances were minimal It appeared in the sunbow series a few times, but never more than a few seconds at a time That's not surprising. The ass isn't really a solo vehicle It's meant to be used in conjunction with something else either defending a cobra base or being towed by a cobra vehicle Oh, I got that all in one go. Cool. And then one other little segment Surprisingly the ass made it Surprisingly the ass made the transition to the deke animated series But only so it could be converted into the python patrol version Oh, my voice is starting to go All right now the comic book The comic book, uh, let's see. What are we seeing about the comic book? The ass got a little better use in the comic book published by marvel comics, but of course it wasn't usually the star of the story Oh, yeah, the first appearance I have in parentheses as far as I can determine Because I'm pretty sure this is the first appearance And if not, it'll take about 10 seconds for somebody to correct me in the comments all right The first appearance at least as far as I can determine was an issue number 36 and it was a spectacular debut It even made the cover. Okay That's not a good transition The first appearance at least as far as I can determine was an issue number 30 The first appearance at least as far as I can determine was an issue number 36 And it was a spectacular debut It even made the cover in that issue the ass defended as a mysterious Okay, I mean a to me. Take a break there. The first appearance as far as I can determine was an issue number 36 and it was a spectacular debut. It even made the cover. In that issue the asps defended. That is so hard, but I got to say it right. That's how I want to say it. The asps defended a mysterious island in the South Pacific. It's a tongue twister. It's easy to write but hard to say. Okay, let's do it. The first appearance as far as I can determine was an issue number 36 and it was a spectacular debut. It even made the cover. In that issue the asps defended a mysterious island in the South Atlantic. The Joes approached the island in the killer whale but the asps instantly opened fire on the hovercraft. The Joes managed to defeat the asps with superior tactics but the asps prevented the Joes from discovering the purpose of the island. I like that issue. There's a lot of good action in it. Asps were used in issue number 41 to defend the newly formed Cobra Island. In that issue they were used as anti-aircraft guns. The asps reappeared in the Cobra Civil War where they defended the airfield. They got revenge on the killer whale. Unfortunately their moment of glory was brief. They were destroyed with satchel charges. The comic book appearances show the asps being used in all its potential roles. Anti-aircraft, anti-armor, and anti-personnel. That's the end of my notes. Okay, now I gotta do the spinny-spinny thing. Okay, let's do the turntable 360 spin. And when I'm doing a figure, I try to do it once with the accessories and once without. So you can get a good 360 look at the whole figure and the accessories as well. Alright, I want it good. Now, once again, a thing about framing. I am going to be down here talking about this thing using the green screen. Now I could in post-production crop this any way I wanted to if I were to center it, but that takes more time. So instead I can just move it to my left slightly and do the spin. Make sure it's mostly being framed. And then I don't have to crop anything. So minimizing work is important. Okay, alright. This is usually a more relaxing time because I'm not recording audio at this point. I'm only recording the video of the thing spinning. So everyone in the house who has had to be quiet for me while I shoot video, they can start talking again and playing their video games and there you go. Alright, that's the core review and it's actually really short. I think when I cut that down, that's going to be a short video. So I hope this is not an unpopular video. But that is everything I can get out of the ASP to be totally honest with you. Now I've got to shift some things around. Normally I would just stop there. I would just stop because, oh man, that's gonna go all out of focus. I'm gonna point the camera over there and I'll just talk to you for a minute while I set up the lighting and stuff because I'm tired. My voice is going and I can use a break. But this is one of those special videos where I'm going to show you the behind the scenes. So to do that and to not have to do extra editing and to give you like really the whole scoop, the whole story. I have to do this all at once. But this is gonna work out because I feel like I'm not really behind schedule, but I feel like I'm behind schedule because this is the video that's coming right after. Oh, I knocked down my tablet. Oops. Okay. Yeah, it's a little i-Home that I just set the tablet up on just to keep it upright where I can read it. Alright, stay right there. Moving lights around. This lighting configuration that I'm using for the green screen is the best configuration that I've found. I have experimented a lot with it. Whoops, there it goes again. But with varying results and this is what gives me the best lighting that actually works. Give me a good clean green background. Yeah. Now what I'm not going to show you is the tangle of wires on the floor. That's not very attractive. Okay. Now as I said, see this is gonna, it's not gonna, it's gonna go all unfocused until I give it something to focus on. But I've got to adjust a few things. I've got to switch the camera around. I can have a control stick for on the tripod facing me. Got to elevate the tripod more or less all the way. Maybe not quite. Okay. Let's see. Am I a big blob now? Okay. This is the unglamorous part, folks. This is not the fun part. Hey, it did focus. How about that? Oh, I got to put my, I didn't, I thought I would wear something cobra themed for this video, but this is what I happened to be wearing before I started shooting. And I think it's been a little while since I've worn this for a video. I really like this Snake Eyes hoodie inspired by G.I. Joberg to get this. That's where I first saw it. And then I immediately had to go get one of my own. Now, as I said, I don't have any notes for these segments, but I've got an idea of what I want to do. And the only joke or gag I have for the ASP is that it sounds like ass. I can't think of no other jokes for this thing. It's okay. Get the angle right. It needs to be just the green in the background. Now, what I'm looking at is once again, I'm trying to not have to crop anything in editing. And so my green background is there. I look like a wreck because I've been working all day. My voice is going. How do I want to start this? Okay, start as a way I always start, but I would normally have notes. I should have notes. I apologize to everyone watching this. I wanted to show you behind the scenes of how this is all done. And I think it's actually turned out a little bit messier than I usually that it usually does. I was hoping to actually make it cleaner, make it smoother, because you know, being conscious that you're watching this, I was saying, alright, maybe I could focus and make fewer mistakes. Now, it didn't work out that way. I think I made more. Okay. Hello, everybody. Hoodie Cobra Commander 7 at 8 here. It's time for another vintage GI Joe toy review. And this one was chosen by patrons. I was expecting the Pogo. The Pogo was in the lead of the patrons poll for quite a while. I had stuff planned for the Pogo. I had jokes for the Pogo. But you guys didn't want to see the Pogo. I guess I can't blame you. It's the Pogo. Instead, you wanted to see the 1984 Cobra ASP. 1984 was a very important year for Cobra. It was really the only... Okay. Okay. Instead, you wanted to see the 1984 Cobra ASP. The ASP was a great year. Yeah. It's a great year for ASP. Instead, you wanted to see the 1984 Cobra ASP. 1984 was an important year for Cobra. It was really the... really only the... okay. I don't have a script and yet I'm still flubbing my lines. Instead, you wanted to see the 1984 Cobra ASP. 1984 was an important year for Cobra. It was really only the second year for Cobra vehicles. There were no Cobra vehicles released in 1982, the first year of the GI Joe line. There was a play set, a cardboard play set, but no vehicles. In 1983, we got a couple vehicles and they were iconic. Who can ever forget the his tank and the faying helicopter? Sorry, I'm pausing because I'm trying to sort out in my mind exactly what I'm gonna say. Normally, I would have this written down. In 1984, Cobra started to branch out. They had a jet, the Cobra Rattler. They had the Stinger, which was a black version of the vamp. And they had the ASP. Pregnant pause. I'm gonna say something important about the ASP here. The thing I'm gonna say is that it's not really a vehicle. A vehicle implies that you drive it around, right? But it doesn't drive around. It just gets driven around. Okay. The ASP isn't really a vehicle. The ASP really isn't a vehicle. When I think of a vehicle, I think of something motorized that you drive around. But the ASP... the ASP... the ASP isn't really a vehicle. When I think of a vehicle, I think of something that's motorized that you drive around. But the ASP isn't... the ASP isn't really a vehicle. The ASP isn't really a vehicle. When I think of a vehicle, I think of something that's motorized that you drive around. The ASP isn't driven around. It's something... it's okay. The ASP isn't really a vehicle. The ASP isn't really a vehicle. When I think of a vehicle, I think of something that's motorized, that can be driven around. The ASP is a toad weapon, similar to the how and the whirlwind. Okay, the ASP isn't really a vehicle. The ASP isn't really a vehicle. When I think of a vehicle, I think of something that is motorized, that is driven around. The ASP is a toad weapon, similar to the 1982 GI Joe how and the 1983 whirlwind. Right? The only joke is that it sounds like ass. And this segment is going to be short, so I'm going to wrap it up so we can flow right in to the core review. But the ASP does diversify your cobra forces. It gives you a way to defend your cobra base against attacks by GI Joe. Allergies of my nose itches. Sorry, this is one of the consequences of doing a video like this. You see everything, including my nose itches. I'd like to say thank you to all my patrons and everyone who watches these videos. Thank you for your support. You guys wanted to see the ASP, so you wanted to see it, so that's what I'm going to give you. I really thought it was going to be the Pogo. HCC788 presents the Cobra Ass. I'm leaving that one in. I'm going to use that clip, that take right there. I don't care. I don't even need to do it again. It's an ass. Okay, now the next section. Normally I would give myself some kind of visual cue that we're moving to the next section, but I don't have the stuff. The next is overall, the overall view. Now I know what I'm going to say. I'm going to say it's a middle tier, even for its size class. It has some merit. It's definitely useful, but it also has a few drawbacks. Okay, taking a look at the ASP overall, I'm going to call it a vehicle again. I just can't help it. It's classified as a vehicle like on Yojo.com. It's not technically a vehicle. I don't think it's a towed weapon. It's a different thing. I'll just call it a vehicle. It's fine. Somebody in the comments can just say, Hey, you called it a vehicle here, but you said it wasn't a vehicle there. So in a few minutes, we'll find out who that guy is. All right. Looking at the ASP overall, it's a middle tier vehicle, even for its size class. It has some merits. It's very useful. It also has a few drawbacks. Let's talk about those drawbacks. I think my biggest problem with the ASP is the figure doesn't fit in there very well. Now, I did have this vehicle as a kid. I don't remember the figure being that difficult to fit in the, I think my biggest problem with the ASP is the figure doesn't fit in it very well. I did have this vehicle as a kid. I don't remember the figure being that difficult to fit in the cockpit. Maybe I'm doing it wrong, but I did try it several ways and it didn't fit well any way that I tried. The ASP has some things going for it. First of all, the ASP has some things going for it. For one thing, it's very versatile. You could use this as an anti tank gun and anti, okay, I should have this. I was going fine. I need to go with the flow. I didn't need to stop. Okay. The ASP has a few good points for the ASP has a few good points. For one thing, it's very versatile. You can use it as an anti aircraft gun and anti tank gun and anti personnel gun really anything you need. You can defend a cobra base from any form of attack. I imagine the ASP was designed by Destro and his innovation is to allow it to switch ammunition types on the fly. So inside that little blue body are different ammunition types that can all be switched over with the flip of a switch from inside the cockpit. So when the pilot needs to shoot in an aircraft, switch over is an anti aircraft gun. If the gunner needs to shoot, okay, I had something good going there. Let's start it over again. I imagine the ASP as designed by Destro and his innovation is I imagine the ASP as designed by Destro and his innovation is to I imagine the ASP as designed by Destro and his innovation is that it can switch ammunition types on the fly. So if the gunner needs to shoot at an aircraft, he can have anti aircraft fire. If he needs to shoot at a tank, he can switch over ammunition types and use it as an anti tank weapon all without changing the ammunition. Everything's internal. I very much like the color. I love that classic Cobra blue. It doesn't I very much like the color. I love that classic Cobra blue. It doesn't exactly match the color on the old Cobra trooper and Cobra officer, but it's pretty close and you look at it and you instantly know that's a Cobra vehicle. Vehicle. Now I gotta try to remember all the things I was gonna say about it. Its primary limitation is the same as any its primary limitation is the same as any toad weapon. It doesn't go anywhere on its own. It has to be hooked to something and toad. And so it really is only mobile in conjunction with another vehicle, but that's okay. I still like it as an emplacement. Its main limitation is the same limitation as any toad weapon. Its main limitation is the same limitation as any toad weapon. Its main limitation is the same limitation as with any toad weapon. It doesn't go anywhere on its own. It's only mobile in conjunction with another vehicle, but that's okay. I like it as a stationary gun emplacement. Although it didn't have a lot of great moments in the cartoon series, it actually did have a few good moments in the comic book series. Some memorable moments. Although the killer whale destroyed a number of Cobra Asps, I do appreciate that the Asp was able to get its revenge. Wow, I'm an Oakey from a Skokie. Okay, G.I. Joe's hovercraft the killer whale took out a number of Cobra Asps in the comic book, but I appreciate that the Asp was able to get revenge and take out the killer whale. I'm gonna be drinking after this. All right, let's see. I think it's time to wrap it up. Man, this was hard. This was harder than I was expecting. This is, I'm trying to make like a full real review out of this thing, but it's really small with limited features. I think I'll say that. Yeah. And that's all I can think of to say about the Cobra Asp. This kind of review is actually kind of difficult doing these small vehicles. And that's all I can think of to say about the Asp. A review like this is actually kind of difficult. These small toad weapons without a lot of features. It's hard to make a full review out of them. There's really only so much to say about them. So next week, I think we'll do a figure and we're gonna do a really great one. That was my review of the 1984 Cobra Asp. I hope you enjoyed it. You know, I say this at the end of every video. You think I could do it right. That was my review of the 1984 Cobra Asp. I hope you enjoyed it. If you did, please, that was my review of the 1984 Cobra Asp. I hope you enjoyed it. If you did, please leave it a thumbs up on YouTube and subscribe to the YouTube channel. Please like me on Facebook, follow me on Twitter and support the channel on Patreon. Normally, I have more to say than I can fit in the video. But this time, I'm trying to, I feel like I've said everything I've got to say. And I still feel like it's going to be a short video. I'm trying to give you guys quality. I'm trying to give you guys something, you know, to sink your teeth into. But this one's not been easy. Not at all. Thanks to all the patrons who voted on this one. We'll be doing more of these patrons choice reviews throughout the year. If you'd like to find out how to get involved, just check out the Patreon page. Let's just wrap it up. Let's wrap it up. I am so tired. This is why I normally do these things on different days. Because I'm too tired usually after shooting the core review to do this part. But that's okay. That's okay. We did it. All I have to do is the end part. Thank you very much. Thank you very much for watching. I'll see you next week with another Thank you very much for watching. I'll see you next week with another vintage GI Joe toy review. And until then, remember only GI Joe is GI Joe. I'm not giving up that catch phrase. That's mine. Well, I stole it, but it's mine now. Okay, is that it? I think it is. You know what? I'm going to do bloopers for this one. Bloopers. There are plenty of them. You just saw them. Okay, that's it. That's it. I've got a skit that I'm going to do that you will see at the beginning of the video. But I haven't shot that yet. I've got to do that probably tomorrow. And that's it. So now you've seen the whole process more or less from start to finish. And I apologize. I feel like I kind of let you down a little bit by not really having good notes for the opening and the close. Normally that would go a lot smoother. But on this occasion, I felt like I could be a little more loose and kind of come up with stuff on the fly and kind of improvise because I felt like I knew the material pretty well. And so I would know what to say. And you know, I might save a step by just doing it on camera rather than typing it out and then doing it on camera. But that turned out to be quite a bit more difficult than than I expected. So that's a little behind the scenes. That's not really exactly how every video goes. You know, I do figures are different have different segments. And vehicles, larger vehicles, of course, have a lot more involved. But if I were to do something like this for one of those, it would be much longer. And it would just not be practical. As it is, this video is all coming up on two hours. I can't believe I got this done in two hours. Normally that would have taken longer. Oh my God, it's only taken two hours. What am I going to do with all the free time? Edit this, because this is going to take forever to edit. That's okay. That's what I do. That's how I do. All right. That was fun. Was that fun? No. All right. Well, thanks everyone for watching. You'll see this posted, I guess, after the Ask Review. I hope you do like the final product. I'll try to, you know, I'll try to add stuff to improve the quality a little bit. But that's it. Maybe I'll do another one like this in the future. But if I do, I'm on a planet a little better. So all right, I'll see everybody next time. And now I reach up and push this button to turn it off.